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I see, so you are claiming that governments in Australia have always dealt with infectious diseases using oppression? Specifically, I am wondering whether simi

by nanis 5y ago

I see, so you are claiming that governments in Australia have always dealt with infectious diseases using oppression? Specifically, I am wondering whether similar methods were used to deal with the following[1]: > #How common are notifiable infectious diseases? > More than 593,000 cases of notifiable diseases were reported to the NNDSS in 2019. Four infectious diseases accounted for 82% of these notifications to Australian health authorities in 2019: > * influenza—more than 313,000 notifications > * chlamydia—almost 103,000 notifications > * campylobacter (a gastrointestinal infection)—almost 36,000 notifications > * gonorrhoea—more than 34,000 notifications. [1]: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/infectious-and-communicable-diseases https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/infectious...

closeparen 5y ago
The word quarantine literally refers to the 40 days a new arrival would be required to spend aboard his ship before disembarking, as early as the 14th century [0]. In Australia, the practice dates to at least the 1830s [1]. Public health gets involved in notifying the partners of STD index cases, with varying degrees of coercion. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine [1] https://theconversation.com/why-are-australians-so-accepting-of-hotel-quarantine-a-long-history-of-confining-threats-to-the-state-155747 https://theconversation.com/why-are-australians-so-accepting...
- uchiga 5y ago
  This terrifies me.
nl 5y ago
All of these diseases are either much less infectious than Covid or much less dangerous, or both. > I see, so you are claiming that governments in Australia have always dealt with infectious diseases using oppression? Ignoring for the moment the prerogative term "oppression", using the rule of law to stop the spread of hazards is pretty common. In South Australia we've had to throw put fresh fruit when bringing it from interstate because of the risk of fruit fly infection, and there are currently strong restrictions stopping movement of fruit between postcodes because of an outbreak, eg: https://fruitfly.sa.gov.au/outbreak-restrictions/red-area https://fruitfly.sa.gov.au/outbreak-restrictions/red-area This is a restriction on movement of potential infection vectors. SA remains free of Covid, and until we can get our vaccination rate up I'd prefer to have this restriction than a lockdown.

by nanis 5y ago

closeparen 5y ago

The word quarantine literally refers to the 40 days a new arrival would be required to spend aboard his ship before disembarking, as early as the 14th century [0]. In Australia, the practice dates to at least the 1830s [1]. Public health gets involved in notifying the partners of STD index cases, with varying degrees of coercion. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine [1] https://theconversation.com/why-are-australians-so-accepting-of-hotel-quarantine-a-long-history-of-confining-threats-to-the-state-155747 https://theconversation.com/why-are-australians-so-accepting...

uchiga 5y ago
This terrifies me.

nl 5y ago

All of these diseases are either much less infectious than Covid or much less dangerous, or both. > I see, so you are claiming that governments in Australia have always dealt with infectious diseases using oppression? Ignoring for the moment the prerogative term "oppression", using the rule of law to stop the spread of hazards is pretty common. In South Australia we've had to throw put fresh fruit when bringing it from interstate because of the risk of fruit fly infection, and there are currently strong restrictions stopping movement of fruit between postcodes because of an outbreak, eg: https://fruitfly.sa.gov.au/outbreak-restrictions/red-area https://fruitfly.sa.gov.au/outbreak-restrictions/red-area This is a restriction on movement of potential infection vectors. SA remains free of Covid, and until we can get our vaccination rate up I'd prefer to have this restriction than a lockdown.